Re: Broadsiding

[Trisha Bethen <trishab@mv.mv.com>]

On Sun, 11 Aug 1996 Jay@aol.com wrote:

> OK, I may be an idiot about cars AND physics, but:
> 
> If you're going 60 mph, and you broadside the Jersey barrier, wouldn't you be
> impacting it at a speed of MUCH less than 60 mph?  I mean, you're not going
> 60 mph *sideways*, right?  
> 
> Jay Levitt
> 96 A4Q (250 miles, blue exterior, glass interior)
> 
Seems logical to me....after all you ARE scrubbing off speed at that 
point by the sideways motion.